Douglas John E - Journey Into Darkness

JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKER

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MAN DOWN

A Broken Wings Thriller

And by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

THE CASES THAT HAUNT US

From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBIs Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Wont Go Away

THE ANATOMY OF MOTIVE

The FBIs Legendarv Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals

OBSESSION

The FBIs Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back

JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

The FBIs Premier Investigator Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers

BROKEN WINGS

A Novel

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PRAISE FOR JOHN DOUGLAS AND JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

An unsparing account of a brutal business The real genius here lies in the analytical rigor of Douglass crimescene investigations. Gutsy, hard-nosed police work of the most difficultand readablekind.

Gene Lyons, Entertainment Weekly

Passionate, intelligent, and heartbreaking, the message of JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS is a hard-hitting, no-holds-barred attack on our namby-pamby, wishy-washy, politically correct age.

Roy E. Perry, Nashville Banner

One finally feels that Mr. Douglass keen eye for crimescene detail and his powerful inductive reasoning cannot be explained any more than one can explain his murderous quarries capacity for merciless savagery. Mr. Douglas leaves us shaken, gripped by a quiet grief for the innocent victims and anguished by the human condition.

Dean Koontz, The New York Times Book Review

A hard-hitting, no-holds-barred look at [behavioral profiling] and how it has been used time and again to solve crimes across the country.

Anniston Star

John Douglas is a brilliant man. And hes a great guy, very articulate, very sweet. I wanted to cast him as Agent Jack Crawford in the movie.

Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs

PRAISE FOR JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKERS PREVIOUS BOOK MINDHUNTER

A quirky, winning tale of awful crimes and awe-inspiring detective work Douglas gives us a pair of human eyes through which to view crimes and criminals that are at once grotesque and compelling. In the end, Mindhunter rings the bell because Douglas knows what all the great crime writers knowthat the criminologist must be at least as interesting as the crime. On that score, Douglas fits the profile.

Richard Willing, USA Today

Although Douglass profiles reflect years of experience, theres an uncanniness about their level of detail: He can predict the make and color of a killers car. In the Trailside Killer case, in which Northern California hikers were slain in 1979, Douglas rightly predicted the assailant was a stutterer. Called the FBIs modern Sherlock Holmes, Douglas says he comes up with such details by going into a trancelike state in which he becomes both killer and victim. Douglass conservative estimate is that there are between thirty-five and fifty serial killers hard at work around the country right now, leaving several hundred dead people in their wake each year.

Deb Price, The Detroit News

A fascinating journey into the thrill killers psyche Douglas seems to have a true gift of instinct. Mindhunter is gripping.

Lou Grieco, Dayton (OH) Daily News

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The excerpt from My 8 Rules for Safety that appears on pages 184-85 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright 1990 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

The excerpt from Child Protection on page 187 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright 1985 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

The excerpt from Kids and Company: Together for Safety that appears on pages 188-89 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright 1990 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

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In this fascinating memoir of his twenty-five-year career with the FBI, John Douglas contends that psychopathic serial killers have a warped need to kill. The key to Douglass approach is to look for the signatureas opposed to the modus operandiof serial killers. Douglas is at his best describing the terrible crimes that were committed and explaining the logic of his profiling method.

Charles P. Thobae, Houston Chronicle

Hannibal Lecter may have been a fictional creation but his counterparts exist in real life, and Douglas has tracked down, testified against or just sat down and talked with dozens of them. A chilling memoir

Lynda Hurst, The Toronto Star

In his spellbinding new book, the legendary Douglas delves into much of the gritty how-to of criminal personality profiling. Hes downright gifted. I defy anyone interested in psychology, detective work, or logic and puzzlesolving, to put Mindhunter willingly aside once begun.

Ann G. Sjoerdsma, Virginian-Pilot

BY THE SAME AUTHORS

MINDHUNTER

Inside the FBIs Elite Serial Crime Unit

UNABOMBER

On the Trail of Americas Most-Wanted Serial Killer

JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

OBSESSION

THE ANATOMY OF MOTIVE

BY JOHN DOUGLAS

SEXUAL HOMICIDE

Patterns and Motives with Robert K. Ressler and Ann W. Burgess

CRIME CLASSIFICATION MANUAL

with Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler

JOHN DOUGLASS GUIDE TO CAREERS IN THE FBI

BY MARK OLSHAKER

NONFICTION

THE INSTANT IMAGE

Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience

VIRUS HUNTER

Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World with C. J. Peters, M.D.

FICTION

EINSTEINS BRAIN

UNNATURAL CAUSES

BLOOD RACE

THE EDGE

ANTHOLOGY

UNUSUAL SUSPECTS

edited by James Grady

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To Karla Brown, Suzanne Collins, Kristen French, Ron Goldman, Amber Hagerman, Cassandra Hansen, Tammy Homolka, Christine Jessop, Megan Kanka, Polly Klaas, Leslie Mahaffy, Shawn Moore, Angie, Melissa, and Nancy Newman, Alison Parrott, Nicole Brown Simpson, Shari Fay Smith, and all the other innocents, their families, friends, and loved ones, and the dedicated law enforcement officers who worked tirelessly seeking justice for them, this book is dedicated with respect, with humility, and with love.